Throughout this class I have learned that there are a lot of things to consider before teaching a lesson that incorporates technology. When Ashley and I started writing this lesson, we thought more about prior knowledge on the content. When we started teaching the lesson, we realized that the students would need to know how to use the internet, a camera, and we would need to know how to get the videos from the camera to play on the Mac. All of these things need to be assessed prior to the lesson as well as the content knowledge for the lesson to be successful.
I will make sure to do a technology task analysis before teaching the lesson and really think about whether or not my students have the skills and background knowledge of the technology before asking them to use it to complete an assignment.
Planning Instruction
I’ve learned throughout this class how easy it is to incorporate technology standards into other content standards and they flow together so nicely. In many cases it really adds to the lesson in a hands-on and meaningful way.
I would like to continue adding in technology standards into many of my lessons when I am teaching my own classroom. It will really benefit my students in a very technology-based society.
Designing Instruction
Adding technology into a lesson actually made planning a lesson for students with diverse learning styles a lot easier. Using the internet is something that students already like doing so letting use it for research is exciting for them. The use of items like cameras, internet, Smart Board, Doc Cam, and projectors get the students involved using multiple modalities. It also gives the students a way to present what they’ve done to their classmates which is always good closure to an assignment.
This will definitely help me to incorporate technology into lessons when I am trying to make them a little more universally designed.
Planning Assessment
Using rubrics was an easy way to organize exactly what you want your students to learn. Many of the teaching groups used this method of assessment and I always felt that their learning outcomes were always explicitly clear throughout the lesson because of it.
Even if I do not provide a rubric to the students for all lessons that I plan as a teacher, it would be helpful for me to create them for most lessons so that I know exactly what my goals are for my students and I don’t stray from the learning objectives I’m trying to get my students to reach.
Instructional Decisions/Teaching
During our lesson and many other lessons, there were bumps in the lesson due to technical difficulties. I learned that these things will happen while using technology every once in while and you just have to be prepared for it. I think that our teaching group handled it well and found another way to make sure that our lesson had the same outcome. Most of the other teaching groups that had unplanned difficulties handled their situations well.
In the future, I will try my hardest to troubleshoot everything I can think of ahead of time and make sure that I’ve practiced what the students will be doing a couple of times. If difficulties still occur, then you just have to roll with the punches and be willing to be flexible. Being prepared is key to the lesson moving on and completing the lesson regardless.
Assessment of Learning
Technology helps to make assessment a little more authentic. Usually there is an artifact that is produces through using technology and gives the students a way to present their information, so that their knowledge can be assessed through a rubric instead of a pencil and paper kind of test. The students usually enjoy the assessment process a little more this way as well. I know I did when I was participating in the lessons from other teach groups.
In the future, I will try to incorporate more authentic assessment into my lessons using technology as an outlet for presentation of knowledge. This will help to provide options to my students as well.
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